Users Guide

Chassis inventory

Duration (MM: SS) Displays the duration of the job in minutes and seconds

Start Date and Time Displays the date and time when the inventory schedule started

End Date and Time Displays the time the inventory schedule ended

NOTE: The chassis inventory is not supported on the following PowerEdge servers: C6320P, C6320, C4130, and

C6420.

Modifying inventory job schedules

To ensure that there is up-to-date host information, schedule the inventory job to run at a minimum frequency of once a week. The

inventory job consumes minimal resources and does not degrade host performance. You can change the inventory job schedule from the

Initial Configuration Wizard or from the Monitor tab.

The inventory job schedule sets the time or day for running inventory jobs, such as:

• Weekly at a specific time and on selected days

• At a set time interval

To perform an inventory on host systems, create a connection profile that provides communication and authentication information.

1. In the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, click the Monitor tab.

2. Click Job Queue, Inventory History, and then click Host Inventory.

3. Select a vCenter, and then click .

4. In the Inventory Data Retrieval dialog box, do the following:

a) Under Inventory Data, select the Enable Inventory Data Retrieval check box.

b) Under Inventory Data Retrieval Schedule, select the days of the week for your job.

c) In the Inventory Data Retrieval Time text box, type the local time for this job.

You might need to consider the time difference between job configuration and job implementation.

5. To save the settings, click Apply, to reset the settings, click Clear, and to abort the operation, click Cancel.

6. To run the job now, from the OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter, on the Monitor > Job Queue tab, click Inventory

History > Hosts Inventory.

Click

, and in the Success dialog box, click Close.

NOTE:

When you run a modular host inventory, the corresponding chassis are discovered automatically. The chassis

inventory runs automatically after host inventory if chassis is already part of a chassis profile.

After scheduling an inventory job now, the inventory job is now in a queue. You cannot run an inventory for a single host. An inventory job

starts for all hosts.

Running inventory jobs

1. Once the Configuration Wizard is complete, inventory is triggered automatically for all hosts which are added to a Connection

Profile. For a subsequent inventory run on-demand, click Job Queue > Inventory > Run Now to run an inventory job.

2. To see the status of the inventory job, click Refresh.

3. Navigate to the Host and Cluster view, click on any Dell EMC host, then click the OpenManage Integration tab. The following

information should be available:

• Overview Page

• System Event Log

• Hardware Inventory

• Storage

• Firmware

• Power Monitoring

NOTE: Inventory job for hosts exceeding the license limit will be skipped and marked as Failed.

The following host commands work within the OpenManage Integration tab:

Inventory and warranty management